to plant
- verb
- /plænt/
- You need to plant your feet firmly on the ground before you start your exercise.
- planted firmly
- feet firmly planted
- elbows firmly planted
Examples
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You'll stay where I plant you.
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No, you got to get serious about what you want, and then you have to plant yourself.
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And then I had a teacher be like, hey, man, plant your feet, take the space.
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I want you to plant your feet right here, son.
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So closing your eyes, plant your feet into the earth, into your your floor, into your living room, your office, wherever you may be.
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Kenneth was fishing, and I'd just planted a row of hot radishes in my garden.
Fiction book (1994) -
His webbed hands clenched into fists, and he planted them firmly on his hips.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the yoga class, the instructor instructed everyone to plant their feet evenly for better balance.
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Make sure to plant your feet in a stable position before lifting the weights.
Synonyms
To fasten firmly so it cannot move or be taken
To attach something firmly so it does not move
To put something in a particular place carefully
Fix firmly inside another material so it becomes part of it
Hold something in place so it cannot move
Put something firmly into a body or surface
To hold something in place so it does not move
To make someone stay in one place or keep their attention on something
To put someone or something in a comfortable, safe place
To tie an animal or object to a post in the ground
To become stuck in something or push something to stay there
To fasten something so it does not move
To put something firmly in a chosen place, often for machines or heavy equipment
To put something firmly into a material so it stays there
To fix something firmly so it becomes part of something else
Put something in a certain place
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A place where old paper, glass, and plastic are cleaned and made ready to be used again
- Specialized
A tiny living part of a plant with a stiff wall, green chloroplasts, and a large storage space inside
Large tropical tree often kept indoors as a houseplant that can make natural rubber
A small garden plant with white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
A plant with long narrow leaves and small white or pink flowers often grown indoors
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A poisonous plant with bell-shaped flowers and shiny black berries used to make atropine
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A place where dirty water and other waste are cleaned and made safe
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A plant in the potato and tomato family that can be dangerous to eat
The part of a company that builds, maintains, and looks after its buildings and machines
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A sickness that harms plants, often caused by fungi, bacteria, or viruses
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A natural chemical in plants that controls their growth and responses
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A plant grown for its leaves that are dried and made into cigarettes or cigars
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A plant with special tubes that carry water and nutrients, like ferns or trees
- UK
A South American garden plant with green, purple, or red leaves and small woolly flower spikes
A South American herb with colorful leaves and small woolly flower spikes grown for gardens
A plant that grows in very wet, soft ground like bogs and marshes and can live in poor soil
A bush that grows small flat beans you can eat, often served as a vegetable
A flowering plant with colorful, often fragrant flowers that look like butterflies
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A tropical plant that grows peppers used in cooking or as spice
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A marsh plant from northern California and Oregon with twisted cup-shaped leaves that trap insects and hanging yellow-green flowers
A tropical shrub with purple or red tube-shaped flowers and leaves with patterns like a human face
A large tropical shrub with big hand-shaped leaves and spiny seed pods that give seeds used to make castor oil
A large tropical bush with wide leaves that has seeds used for castor oil and contains a poison called ricin
How Secure
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plant meaning to fix something firmly comes from the image of a plant's roots going deep into the earth. That's why to plant your feet or a cane is to put them down so they stay solid and do not move.